Some countries have more than one capital, like Bolivia, which has two, and South Africa, which has three. Some countries even claim their capitals as just the country itself, like Monaco. Nauru is a country that does not have a capital. Some countries change capitals from time to time.

Capitals can be in cities that are already there like London, or new cities can be built and made the capital like Canberra.

Some other countries have their seat of government outside their capital city. A country like Malaysia has their capital at Kuala Lumpur but their seat of government is at Putrajaya.